The Naked Truth: Queer Artist Interviews
The Naked Truth: Queer Artist Interviews was created to highlight the artists of the 2020 Naked Truth Pride Exhibition. Expanding beyond the 5 artists of the show, the show will continue beyond June with interviews of queer artists of all backgrounds and mediums, sharing their lives, discussing their work, and exploring the connections between their sexuality and their artistic practices, processes, and careers.Beyond the 2020 June show, The Naked Truth: Queer Artist Interviews seeks to amplify the reach of queer artists, as the freelance art community has been deeply affected by the COVID-19 crisis, both bringing their works to a wider audience and bringing us all closer through a digital community of celebrating art and sharing our unique narratives as queer people. Artists will mostly be based out of the mid-Atlantic region of the United States.
The Naked Truth: Queer Artist Interviews
The Naked Truth: Queer Artist Interviews - Kieran Solley
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Peter Pup Orpheus / Kieran Solley
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Season 1
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Episode 5
An interview Kieran Solley, a LGBTQ artist skilled in portraiture and figure drawing. He received his BFA in Illustration from Maryland Institute College of Art in 2015.
Examples of Kieran's Work (including works referenced in the episode):
Ways to Connect:
Additionally discussed in the interview
- Illustrator Quentin Blake, most famous for his illustrations of Roald Dahl books
- In the discussion of the work "Rose," Kieran recalls the reference for this painting as a moment from the show "30 Something." The scene he is referring to actually comes from the 1999 sitcom "Cold Feet." Here is a link to an interview where the important moment from the scene is replayed.
This interview was recorded using Zencastr.